Faller arm for spinning mules



Feb. 25, 1947. J. c. JOHNSON FALLER ARM FOR SPINNING MULES Filed June 11, 1945 f/VVE/VTOR I NW A770RNK- Patented Feb. 25, 1947 UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE 2,416,627, r' g I FALLER, ARM FOR SPINNING MULES 7 John Johnson, Winchester, Va:

Application June 11, 1945, Serial1No';598,782 1 4 Claims.

This invention relates to faller arms for spinning mills or mules and particularly to the production of a faller arm with a handle whereby the faller arm can be manipulated or depressed without bending or straining the faller wire which is attached to or associated with the faller arm.

It is furthermore an object of the invention to provide as a modified construction a handle which can be detachably secured to faller arms now in common use, which handles can be manipulated for operating the faller arm and which will protect the faller wire from being manipulated by the hand that operates the arm, for, as is Well known, numerous applications of the hand to the faller arm now in common use frequently distorts the faller wires and after repeated bending of the wire where it joins or passes through the faller arm, the wire breaks and it becomes necessary to restore or replace the same with one that is not impaired, and it has been found in practice that a great economy results from the provision of the handles on the said faller arms.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a faller arm with an integral handle or, as a modification thereof, to provide means for detachably applying a handle to the faller arms now in common use.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide novel means by which the detachable ters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective View showing faller arms with integral handles, associated with the faller wire and the yarn of spindles;

Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view of the arms having detachable handles applied thereto;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view of a fragment of the handle and its attachment to the faller arm; and

Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of the handle. I

In these drawings 5 denotes a faller arm, a plurality of which are usually mounted on a shaft 6 V arms is operated to partially rotate the shaft 6 for lowering the faller wire which is threaded through apertures of the faller arms. One of the faller arms has an integral handle I and preferably the faller arm with the handle is at the end of the faller wire and the wire is secured to it by passing it through the aperture 8 and bending it back outside of the handle and coiling it around the wire at the inner end of the handle. The intermediate faller arms 5 are provided with apertures 8a, through which the wire 9 is threaded and it is obvious that when the handle on the end faller arm is manipulated, all of the faller arms on the shaft/6 will be actuated.

Figure 2 shows faller arm-s H), such as are now commonly employed, and each has an aperture or eye H for the reception of the faller wire [2. Previous to the installation of the faller wire, a handle I3 is applied to the faller arm to which the end of the faller wire I2 is attached and it is shown that the handle has an aperture I4 in an enlarged portion near one end which is intended to receive the faller arm and it may be stationed on the faller arm at any appropriate location, but preferably just above the aperture in which the faller wire is located, for by this juxtaposition of parts the hands of the operator are not likely to encounter the faller wire or exert pressure thereon which would prove injurious to it. It is shown that the end of the enlarged portion of the-handle has a hole, the wall of which is threaded, as shown at l5, and a binding screw I6 is threaded in the aperture and its end abuts the faller arm ID with such frictional contact as to cause a retention of the handle on the faller arm. The screw has a wrench socket l1 formed in it and a wrench having a cross sectional angular configuration corresponding to the shape of the wrench socket may be employed for manipulating the screw.

Installations now in common use have faller arms for the reception of the faller wire and on the faller arm at the end of the faller wire where the said wire is extended through the eye and the wire is wrapped around the faller arm for anchoring it thereto, a handle such as I3 is applied to the said faller arm.

In Figure '1 the faller wire'at its end'isin- I serted in the apertured arm and bent back and wrapped to form the usual joint whereby it is anchored to the handle of the faller arm.

'I claim: 7

1. A faller arm, one end of which is adapted for attachment to a shaft and the opposite end engaged by a taller wire, the said am having a handle at right angles to the length of the taller arm and parallel with the faller Wire whereby the faller arm is operated.

2 A faller arm of the character described having an integral handle at one end projecting sidewise thereof at approximately right angles thereto, the said handle and arm having coinciding apertures for the reception of a faller wire, and to, which handle andvarm the taller arm 'is'securable. r

3. A faller arm of the character described havv ing means of attachment fora faller-wire; and

a handle removably secured to thefallerazm'in the taller 15 Number proximity to themeans for engaging wire.

4. In combination with a faller were faller 4 arm having an integral handle at the end remote from the shaft on which the taller arm is mounted, the said handle having an aperture through which the taller Wire is projected, the said faller wire being looped around the handle and having its end anchored to the faller wire at the end of the handle.

' JOHN C. JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED.

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date 184,386 1 British Aug. 1'7, 1922;

15,522' British Aug. 18, 1904 

